I agree with most of what you said, except I'd increase this: > and willing to put in potentially weeks of unpaid work getting the site off the ground. To a m

I agree with most of what you said, except I'd increase this: > and willing to put in potentially weeks of unpaid work getting the site off the ground. To a minimum of six months as an assumed grind. Anybody going into building a community should regard that as the absolute minimum. Sometimes you get lucky and lightning hits, however more often you're going to struggle along for many painfully dry months trying to get a self-sustaining momentum rolling.